The Humanitarian FOSS Project

Building Free Open Source Software for Society

The HFOSS Project aims to build a network of educators, organizations, and open-source contributors dedicated to building and using free and open source software. [more]

3rd Annual HFOSS Symposium 2010

March 9, 2011, Dallas, TX

“Think FOSS, Act Locally: HFOSS in the Local Community”
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HFOSS offers paid summer internships developing software. Details for Summer 2011 Available Here!

Community Gathering

Attend the 3rd Annual HFOSS 2011 Symposium "Think FOSS, Act Locally: HFOSS In the local Community" in Dallas Texas.

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